C&C Community News – Early November 2017
Here’s a quick run-down of recent news from the C&C community: A new graphics renderer for 2D C&C titles (plus Dune 2000), called DDrawCompat, has been released, and is intended to boost the performance of these games compared to the alternatives and remove the Alt-Tab issue on Windows 8.x and 10, as well as slowdowns…
C&C Music Monday – Red Alert 3 Credits Theme
The pick for this week’s installment of Music Monday is the credits theme from Red Alert 3 by Timothy Michael Wynn, an apt-sounding blend of traditional music and heavy guitar riffs. A new track will be posted next Monday. And as always, don’t forget to share this on social media using the hashtags #CnCMusicMonday and…
Throwback Thursday for 2nd November
In today’s Throwback Thursday, we feature one of the prime examples of the gameplay direction EALA wanted for Kane’s Wrath as an expansion pack, much like Zero Hour before it. The Zone Raider, described by Greg Kasavin as “the Zone Trooper’s mean older sister”, was a ZOCOM-specific heavy infantry unit that had all the strengths…
C&C Music Monday – Act on Instinct [Trevor Morris Remix]
For this Music Monday, we bring you one of the few exclusive Kane’s Wrath tracks – Trevor Morris’ remix of Act on Instinct. Played during credits and (in a shortened version) after a match, this is a more electronic-sounding version of the 1995 classic. A new track will be posted next Monday. And as always,…
CNCNZ.com Turns 20!
On 27 October 1997, a small fansite called TiberianSun.Net.NZ was created by @Sonic, in anticipation for the then-upcoming Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. Now, 20 years later, we are a site that aims to cover the entire Command & Conquer series and its surrounding community. Twenty years is no small feat for any website, especially…
CNCNZ.com Interview with Frank Klepacki
Twenty years is quite a long time, especially for a video game fansite. It’s a good point to look back at what’s been accomplished and what’s been experienced in that time. With that in mind, we approached one of the key people who made our experiences with most of the Command & Conquer franchise enjoyable…
Throwback Thursday for 26th October
With the 20th anniversary of our site being mere hours away, we’ve decided to dedicate this week’s Throwback Thursday feature to the original iteration of our site, which was initially called TiberianSun.Net.NZ, created on 27 October 1997 by @Sonic in anticipation for Westwood’s intensely hyped Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. From the image shown, taken…
C&C Music Monday – GLA Anthem
For this Music Monday, we bring you one of two Zero Hour-exclusive GLA themes – GLA Anthem by Mikael Sandgren. A mix of ethnic Arabic music and heavy metal, this track fits the sneaky but hard-hitting GLA forces. A new track will be posted next Monday. And as always, don’t forget to share this on…
Throwback Thursday for 19th October
In today’s Throwback Thursday, we remember the origins of yet another Command & Conquer icon – the Obelisk of Light. It’s been present in every single Tiberium universe game, and has remained fundamentally the same since its first appearance. In the original Command & Conquer, it was Nod’s advanced anti-surface defense structure and the counterpart…
C&C Music Monday – Destroy
For this week’s Music Monday, we picked the track Destroy from Red Alert 2. One of the more popular tracks which made it to the (criminally short and rare) Ultimate Collection soundtrack list, Destroy is one of the most intense tracks in the series, featuring excellent guitar sections. A new track will be posted next…